After talking about this, they started talking about other things. An Ning asked, "Dad, have you decided on everything for building the house?"
An Dashan nodded and said, "It has all been decided. It will be delivered tomorrow, but I haven't decided on the furniture yet. When we have time, let's go and have a look together and decide on a style you like."
An Ning and Gao nodded.
An Dashan then said to Gao: "Should we tell our eldest brother-in-law and the others about building a house?"
Gao nodded and said, "I should have told my elder brother and the others. After all, building a house is not a trivial matter. If I didn't tell them, they would be angry."
An Dashan nodded and said, "We have nothing to do tomorrow, why don't we go back and tell them."
Gao nodded and said, "Okay, since we have to go back tomorrow, let's go to bed quickly. We can go early and come back early tomorrow, and we can do other work in the afternoon."
An Dashan and An Ning had nothing else to do, so they took turns washing their feet and went back to their rooms to sleep.
In the middle of the night, An Dashan seemed to hear an unusual noise in his daze. His first reaction was that there was a thief in the house. He opened his eyes suddenly, without even bothering to put on his clothes, and tiptoed out the door in his slippers. He found that the noise came from the kitchen. He picked up a wooden stick placed by the door and went to the kitchen. When he arrived in the kitchen, he didn't make a sound. He picked up the wooden stick and hit the dark shadow on the face.
The shadow didn't expect to be discovered, and was hit before he could react, and immediately screamed. An Ning and Gao Shi in the room also heard the sound, and quickly put on their clothes and came out.
At this time, Chun Ya's father next door also heard the noise, and he took a wooden stick and climbed over the wall to help.
With the help of Chun Ya's father, the two tied up the black shadow. An Ning walked over with an oil lamp. The dim oil lamp illuminated the man's face. An Ning let out a "hiss". He was beaten so badly that his nose and face were swollen and his original appearance could not be recognized at all.
However, An Ning couldn't tell who it was, but An Dashan and Chun Ya's father recognized him. It was Er Gouzi, the famous lazy man in the village.
When Er Gouzi saw that he was caught, he ignored the pain in his body and begged for mercy again and again.
Chun Ya's father asked, "Da Shan, what should we do?"
An Ning said: "Why don't we report it to the police."
When Er Gouzi heard that he was going to report to the police, he begged for mercy: "Brother Dashan, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again next time. Please forgive me this time. I just had such bad thoughts because my family was really struggling to make ends meet."
An Dashan knew what kind of person this Er Gouzi was, but he didn't think of reporting to the police, so he said, "Send him to the village chief."
This was the An family's business, so Chun Ya's father couldn't interfere. After listening to An Dashan's words, he nodded, and together with An Dashan, he sent Ergouzi to the village chief.
An Ning also wanted to go and take a look, but was rejected by An Dashan, who said, "You and your mother should rest at home. You are a child, so you'd better not get involved in such matters." An Ning had no choice but to stay at home with Gao.
An Dashan and Chun Ya's father dragged Er Gouzi to the village chief's house. The village chief's family was sleeping soundly when they were awakened by a knock on the door. The village chief's wife muttered, "Who is this? Why is he not sleeping in the middle of the night?"
The village chief stood up, put on his clothes, and shouted to the outside: "Dafu, go see what happened?"
Li Dafu, the eldest son of the village chief, also heard the knock on the door. He was getting dressed at the moment. When he heard what his father said, he quickly replied, "I know, Dad. I'll go right away."
Li Dafu opened the door and saw An Dashan and Liu Genwang, who were holding a man with a bruised face. He was shocked and asked, "What's going on? What happened?"
An Dashan said, "Brother Dafu, this Er Gouzi just came to my house to steal something and I caught him red-handed. I came here to ask the village chief to help me."
At this time, the village chief had also put on his clothes and walked over. He happened to hear what An Dashan said, and said to Er Gouzi with some regret: "How did you fall to such a state, kid? It's a pity that your father wanted to be strong all his life, but he actually raised a son like you. How can you be worthy of your dead father?"
After hearing what the village chief said, Er Gouzi felt very ashamed and almost buried his head in his clothes.
The village chief brought a few people to the main hall and said, "Dashan, how do you want to deal with this matter?"
An Dashan had already beaten Er Gouzi, and Er Gouzi didn't steal anything, so the village chief wouldn't punish him severely. But he had to teach Er Gouzi a lesson, or else someone would come to covet his things next time. So he said, "Uncle village chief, we are all from the same village, and I don't want to make it too embarrassing. My family is building a house soon, so I don't have time to take care of the crops in the field. How about punishing Er Gouzi to harvest the crops for my family?"
Ergouzi had already prepared to compensate An Dashan's family, but after hearing what An Dashan said, he suddenly looked up and looked at An Dashan in disbelief.
The village chief didn't expect An Dashan to let Er Gouzi off so easily. He nodded and asked Er Gouzi, "Dashan is kind-hearted and only punished you to do labor. Do you have any objection to this?"
Er Gouzi shook his head and said, "Thank you, Brother Dashan. I was just blinded by greed for a moment. I will definitely work hard."
The village chief wrote the document, asked Er Gouzi to put his fingerprints on it, and then handed it to An Dashan. The village chief was old, and he was a little tired after all this trouble. Seeing that the matter was settled, he let them go back.
An Dashan and Liu Genwang went home together. On the way, An Dashan said to Liu Genwang: "Genwang brother, this time it's all thanks to you. I'll treat you to a drink tomorrow."
Liu Genwang chuckled and said, "I'm not really helping you much, so don't drink. The braised pork your daughter made is really delicious. Just give me a small bowl of it next time you make it."
An Dashan laughed loudly upon hearing this and said, "Okay, no problem. This braised pork made by Daya is really delicious. I have never eaten such delicious braised pork."
The two exchanged a few more words before arriving at the door of their home and returning home.
When they got home, An Ning and Gao Shi were still awake. Seeing An Dashan coming back, Gao Shi hurriedly asked, "Dashan, is the problem solved? How did you solve it?"
An Dashan briefly told Gao and An Ning how to solve the problem. Gao said with some concern: "That Er Gouzi is a well-known lazy guy. Can he work well for our family?"
An Dashan took out the document, and An Ning stretched her head to take a look. She saw that it said that if anyone was sneaky, she would report the matter to the police.
Gao was illiterate, so An Dashan read the document to her. Only after listening to An Dashan's reading did Gao feel relieved.
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